This week I began shooting the Ozanam Inn site. The dynamics here are a bit different; primarily in that there are multiple activities happening at once. Also, I have been attempting to assimilate more in the environment where I am working. It’s easy for photographers to loose themselves behind their lens, but I don’t like that approach [...]
Archive for February, 2010
February 25, 2010
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Camera, SI, and What’s really there
By jOe in Announcements, Just for PhotographersThis is kind of an unusual format post for me, but it’s just kind of worked out like that. And I took a walk through the park in my neighborhood and took pictures. I’ve inserted those throughout this post. They have absolutely nothing to do with anything I wrote. First up, Donald Page, who you [...]
February 24, 2010
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DSM: in the neighborhood
By jOe in Desire Street MinistryThis weekend Michelle and I went to the Desire area neighborhood to visit the kids from the ministry and have them show us around their neighborhood. A neighborhood that has been rebuilt (and slightly relocated) since the Storm. But as we crossed over Louisa Street, we saw the roads leading to many of their old homes. Michael, [...]
February 23, 2010
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Temple of New Life Baptist Church
By jOe in ChurchThis Sunday I had the privilege to photograph the Temple of New Life Baptist Church. Located in Central City where Jackson Avenue runs into Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd; they meet under a tent behind an abandoned clinic and are hoping to restore and move into the clinic in the future. As the service was [...]
February 19, 2010
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A post for perspective.
By jOe in Care EffectThe next time you find yourself arguing about what color the carpet at church should be, think about those churches without carpet.
February 18, 2010
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doin a little weed.
By jOe in Just for Photographers, Mardi Gras, RandomAt a parade this last week I snapped this over my shoulder. It’s a huddle of people passing around a fatty (“who told you that?” …Wedding Crashers). I was really impressed with the shot–the timing and the composition, as well as the character elements that all came together at the right moment. I won’t go [...]